Cheap vs Expensive Night Vision Goggles

[NightOperators]

Get the middle one from the link in our bio 😎

[djraptorx]

Dude really said $40, 000 like “that’s what the Drill Sergeants told me it cost!”

[_SoCalDude_]

"Can you imagine if we had these when we were twelve?"

"Even better, we've got em when we're 40"

[lurker]

finally we can fight the basement demons on their own turf.

[a-man]

That third one was a typo, a PVS-14 would cost around $3000-4000 max.

[eliasujashvili]

-“Where did you get those numbers?”
-*”From my ass, sir.”*

[rashadchowdhury]

I better see the ghost that’s been holding me back in life for $40, 000

[onetwentyish]

The expensive one isn't 40K, it's only like 3 to 4k cad...

For 40K USD you can buy a nice set of panos... lol

[Yalro]

Military grade. After 13 years in infantry I know that as long as it has batteries it's gonna work. And military NVGs aren't $40k. There more like $5k.

[kienzays]

1st = UFO sighting quality;
2nd = Paranormal Activity quality;
3rd = COD quality.

[CertifiedSunset]

If you knock a zero off of that $40k then you have a real price for a gen 3 white phos PVS-14. The only night vision I've ever seen in that $40k range was the GPNVG.

[ChadsBeans]

The last one is a pvs14, it can cost anywhere from 2-4k depending on specs and manufacturer

[M.Isabella-zl]

$200 seems very reasonable and does the job

[ironguardian]

The last one is a PVS-14, you can generally get one as a civilian for around $2400 depending on the market at the time

[ajiibshah]

"Military Grade"
Civillian : top tier covert tech shit
The military itself : hand me down kevlars with used javelin cap as extra protection inside, and a frankenstein abram

[denverbeek]

Cheap night vision generally shoots out IR to illuminate the room beyond the visual spectrum, making it more like a flashlight than a pair of goggles. This means anyone else with a set of NVGs will see you as a giant beacon.

[bananasandbass]

The first two use Infra-Red illuminators to help the sensor, but not as much reach. The military grade uses a completely different tech to amplify the little photons there are to see in the dark.

[lolzazo]

I heard a solider once said: "military grade, means as low cost as possible"

[FielValeryRTS]

"Military Grade"

US government: Legal money laund-- I mean spending.

[TDCflyer]

the cheap ones are "active" types, meaning they have an active IR source lighting up what you're looking at.
Use something like this in an active combat zone and you're a dead piece of meat: That active IR source is the beacon your enemy's snipers, missiles and artillery will aim at.

Military grade equipment doesn't need an active IR or light source, it amplifies what little is there naturally. But that's what makes it expensive.

If you need to go a cheap route use a thermal imaging camera instead.